About Team Dream

They laugh, share, cry, pray, cramp, swim, bike, run, sweat, bleed, coach, lead, follow, cheer, fail, succeed, fall and get up again. They are teachers, mothers, doctors, students, daughters, nurses, the unemployed, sisters, lawyers and even the homeless. Team Dream is a safe place for women of color to put themselves first.

The Team Dream Mission is to encourage and support the empowerment, self-actualization and self-transcendence of women of color (Team Dreamers) through multi-sport fitness.

Dreamers will change the way the world sees and enjoys a healthy lifestyle. Team Dreamers will Raise Their Games personally and professionally, and in turn, positively impact their families, workplaces, communities, places of worship, and the world at large.

The long-term vision of Team Dream is to have a community of women of color who connect via their shared experiences of training and competing in triathlons. While Team Dreamers support one and other in accomplishing their goals, many new friendships, professional relationships and various kindnesses have been created within the team.

We believe that we can have a tangible impact on how our communities view and experience health. It is said that The Impossible Just Takes A Little Longer. In essence what Team Dream is about is transforming dreams into reality.

The Logo - The logo represents a spirit that can never be extinguished. Just as the flame continues to burn despite the water (no it’s not a chemical fire), so does the essence of each and every Dreamer -- especially when things are at their worst. There is a beyond-belief, powerful story about the logo’s creation. Ask me about it sometime. It will blow you away.

Derrick Q. Milligan I serve as the Dream Director. The inspiration? Well I got in some trouble a while back and the Judge said, “Thirty days or community service.” I clearly made the wrong choice. In retrospect, thirty days doesn’t seem so bad anymore. Just joking.

Actually, I’m part of a huge, loving extended family that has a disturb-ingly bad history of heart disease. My grandmothers share 7 heart attacks, 1 stroke, and a pacemaker between them. Neither drank or smoked. I’m the only person that I know who has witnessed both grandmothers survive heart attacks. Neither one of them looked like they were enjoying it. If I can tri, almost anyone can. Enjoy Life.